Duné Coetzee

Duné Coetzee (born 14 May 2002) is a South African swimmer.[2][3] She competed in the women's 400 metre freestyle at the 2019 World Aquatics Championships.[4] She also competed in the women's 4 x 200 metres freestyle relay at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[5]

Duné Coetzee
Personal information
NationalitySouth African
Born (2002-05-14) 14 May 2002
Pretoria, South Africa
Sport
SportSwimming
StrokesFreestyle, butterfly
College teamUniversity of Georgia[1]
Medal record
Women's swimming
Representing  South Africa
Youth Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place2018 Buenos Aires200 m butterfly
World University Games
Silver medal – second place 2021 Chengdu 800 m freestyle

In May 2022, Coetzee qualified for the 2022 World Aquatics Championships at the 2022 South Africa National Swimming Championships in the 200 metre freestyle, 400 metre freestyle, and 200 metre butterfly.[6] The following month, she was named as one of the female swimmers representing South Africa for the 2022 Commonwealth Games.[7]

For the 100 metre butterfly, with preliminaries on day one of swimming at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England, Coetzee was one of three South Africans to qualify for the semifinals, along with Erin Gallagher and Trinity Hearne.[8] In the semifinals, she finished in 1:00.51 and placed fifteenth overall.[9] Two days later, she contributed a split time of 1:59.49 to the 4×200 metre freestyle relay, helping finish fourth in 8:02.28.[10] On 2 August, she placed tenth in the 200 metre butterfly with a time of 2:12.40.[11] On the final day, 3 August, she ranked eighth in the preliminaries of the 400 metre freestyle, qualifying for the final with a time of 4:14.92.[12] She swam a 4:15.53 in the final and placed eighth.[13][14]

Background

Coetzee started attending the University of Georgia in 2021, where she competes collegiately as part of the Georgia Bulldogs swim team.[1]

References
  1. "Georgia Bulldogs 2021-22 Swimming & Diving Roster: Duné Coetzee". Georgia Bulldogs. Retrieved 8 June 2022.
  2. "South African National Champion Duné Coetzee Verbals to Georgia for 2021". SwimSwam. Retrieved 6 March 2020.
  3. "Teen swimmer faces her toughest challenge yet". IOL News. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  4. "18th FINA World Championships 2019: Women's 400m Freestyle start list" (PDF). FINA. Archived from the original (PDF) on 20 July 2019. Retrieved 21 July 2019.
  5. "Swimming COETZEE Dune". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Tokyo Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 1 August 2021. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  6. "Veteran Le Clos joins teenage brigade in SA Team for swimming World Championships". Swimming South Africa. 9 May 2022. Retrieved 18 May 2022.
  7. du Plessis, Lindsay (9 June 2022). "Le Clos, Schoenmaker named in South Africa Commonwealth Games squad". ESPN. Retrieved 19 June 2022.
  8. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Butterfly Heats Results Summary". Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  9. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 100m Butterfly Semi-Finals Results Summary". Longines. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 29 July 2022.
  10. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 4x200m Freestyle Relay Final Results". Longines. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  11. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 200m Butterfly Heats Results Summary". Longines. 2 August 2022. Retrieved 2 August 2022.
  12. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  13. "Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games: Women's 400m Freestyle Heats Results Summary". Longines. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  14. "SA swimmers wrap up Commonwealth campaign with 11 medals". Swimming South Africa. 3 August 2022. Retrieved 8 August 2022.
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